hal.dll missing

i recently did a system restore and had some problems Geek squad recomended
resoring again now xp cant boot because the system32\hal.dll is corrupt or
missing

=?Utf-8?B?cm9i?= <rob@discussions.microsoft.com> after much
thought,came up with this jewel in
news:B4402909-3E6C-4299-A8C7-28BD99998EE1@microsoft.com:

> i recently did a system restore and had some problems Geek squad
> recomended resoring again now xp cant boot because the
> system32\hal.dll is corrupt or missing
>

lookeeeee!!! when I typed in google, hal corrupted , here is what
came up!!!

from the helpdesk of John Barnett-
How Do I Repair A Missing Or Corrupt HAL.DLL
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...ing_or_cor.htm

Do I need to say more??????

PS that'll be 35 please(50%off holiday discount).
max
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Try running a Repair Install. Boot off your XP CD. Choose the first option
to setup Windows XP now press Enter.
After the License Agreement there should be a time when XP tells you it is
looking for previously installed copies of Windows. It should find your
current install and offer to try and repair it. Press 'R'. Let XP repair
itself. Basically it will install the system files overtop of themselves but
leave your data intact. When finished remove the CD and reboot. The HAL -
Hardware Abstraction Layer will be rebuilt in the process. The downside is
that you will have to reinstall the multitude of XP Hotfixes But you should
be able to run your system.

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"rob" <rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i recently did a system restore and had some problems Geek squad recomended
> resoring again now xp cant boot because the system32\hal.dll is corrupt or
> missing
>

Looks like Maximus the mad beat me to it:-)

Check this link from my website, as suggested by Maximus:
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...ing_or_cor.htm


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"rob" <rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i recently did a system restore and had some problems Geek squad recomended
> resoring again now xp cant boot because the system32\hal.dll is corrupt or
> missing
>